Marathons With Time Limits

Here's another incentive to finish the race fast: The course is about to shut down.

Friday, December 5, 2008, 12:00 am

Here's another incentive to finish the race fast: The course is about to shut down. Largely under pressure to reopen cars to traffic, these marathons have imposed six-hour limits. (The Atlanta Marathon has a five-hour limit; the Hudson-Mohawk River Marathon, five and a half hours.)